You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

"Nonsense! What divine retribution!"

Su Qingge's stern rebuke made Li Mingyu, who was still dry heaving in the corner, shudder.

He wiped his mouth, his face pale, and walked back. Looking at the charred remains in the center of the living room, which were no longer recognizable as human, he was still shaken and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"But...but Captain, this scene is too eerie."

"The doors and windows are all locked from the inside; it's definitely a secret room."

"And look, the body is burned to a crisp, but the carpet under him, the sofa next to him, even the overdue payment notice, are all perfectly fine... This doesn't look like an accidental fire at all; it's more like he started burning himself from within..."

Li Mingyu's voice grew softer and softer, and he became increasingly less confident, because even he himself felt that this guess was too absurd.

Su Qingge's brows furrowed into a knot.

Although Li Mingyu was a good-for-nothing, what he said was exactly what puzzled all the police officers on the scene the most.

The preliminary results of the forensic examination are in: there were no traces of accelerants at the scene, nor were any ignition devices found.

The fire seemed to appear out of thin air and acted precisely on Richard's body.

This completely contradicts all the common sense of physics and chemistry they know.

"Perhaps it was some kind of unusual accident?"

A young police officer guessed in a low voice.

"For example, what chemicals did he ingest, and then he drank alcohol, causing a violent reaction in his body?"

"impossible."

Su Qingge immediately denied this guess.

"What kind of chemical reaction could produce such terrifyingly high temperatures, and burn only inside the body, not even burning the clothes clean, yet turning a living person into charcoal? This is not scientific."

The entire task force was at a loss when faced with this bizarre scene.

Just then, Lin Chen's calm yet slightly mocking voice rang out from behind everyone.

"science?"

Wearing gloves, Lin Chen slowly walked to the charred corpse, squatted down, his face expressionless, as if admiring a crudely made work of art.

He looked up and glanced at Li Mingyu with the look one would give a caveman.

"Captain Li, have you ever seen any divine retribution or accident where the person is burned, but their clothes are left unburned, not even the Persian rug worth tens of thousands of yuan beneath them?"

Lin Chen's tone was full of disdain.

"Is your common sense still stuck at the stage of making fire by rubbing sticks together?"

"you!"

Li Mingyu was so speechless that his face turned red, but he couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.

Lin Chen ignored him and turned his gaze back to the corpse.

[God-Level Trace Evidence Identification Technique], activated!

[God-level Physics Mastery], now unlocked!

[Amazing Chemistry Knowledge], now open!

In an instant, the world in Lin Chen's eyes completely changed.

In his eyes, those tiny suspended particles in the air that are invisible to the naked eye and remain after combustion are magnified infinitely, and their chemical composition and molecular structure are analyzed one by one.

The walls, ceiling, and furniture of the entire room were covered with a faint pattern of residual heat radiation in different colors, clearly outlining the range and peak temperature of the flames at that time.

The core of that flame was indeed inside the corpse!

Lin Chen's gaze was precisely locked onto the charred bones of the corpse.

There, there was a grayish-white powder, even smaller than dust, that was almost blended into the ashes.

He picked up the sterile tweezers from the evidence bag, carefully reached inside, gently scraped off a small amount of powder sample, and placed it into a sealed test tube.

After doing all this, he slowly stood up, patted non-existent dust off his hands, and spoke slowly and deliberately in a tone as if he were teaching kindergarten children.

"This was not divine retribution, nor an accident, but a meticulously planned murder that utilized cutting-edge chemical technology."

His voice wasn't loud, but it was like a bombshell, exploding in everyone's ears.

murder?

Everyone gasped in shock.

Su Qingge asked anxiously.

"Lin Chen, what did you discover?"

Lin Chen shook the test tube in his hand, a cold smile curving his lips.

"The culprit used an extremely sophisticated chemical principle that ordinary people have no access to, which I call 'directional spontaneous combustion'."

"He somehow managed to get Richard to ingest a 'white phosphorus compound' that had been modified using special nanotechnology, perhaps through his drinks or food."

Lin Chen paused, looking at the bewildered expressions on everyone's faces, and continued to explain.

"This compound remains in an inert state after entering the human body and does not take effect immediately."

"However, when the deceased's body temperature rises to a certain critical point due to the effects of alcohol or other drugs, or if the murderer applies some kind of colorless and odorless catalyst to their body, these 'nano-bombs' lurking within the body will be instantly activated!"

"Within a fraction of a second, they undergo a violent oxidation reaction with the body's fats and proteins, generating temperatures exceeding 1,000 degrees Celsius from the inside out, instantly burning the human body into charcoal!"

Lin Chen's voice was cold and clear, each word striking the hearts of everyone present.

"Because combustion starts from the inside and lasts for a very short time, the energy is highly concentrated, so the heat simply doesn't have time to be conducted outwards."

"This is what created the bizarre scene we see before us: the person was burned to death, but the surrounding objects were completely intact."

The entire room fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was completely stunned by Lin Chen's fantastical description.

Nanobombs that burn from the inside?

This murder method, which only exists in science fiction movies, has actually appeared in the real world!

This isn't murder, it's a death magic trick!

Li Mingyu stared wide-eyed at Lin Chen, feeling as if his brain had completely shut down.

His prized criminal investigation experience and knowledge were as fragile as a piece of waste paper in front of this man.

Looking at Lin Chen's calm and confident profile, Su Qingge felt a surge of emotions.

She knew that Lin Chen had once again used his unfathomable knowledge to overwhelm everyone's understanding.

"It seems,"

Lin Chen handed the test tube containing the crucial evidence to Su Qingge, his eyes turning sharp and cold.

"A new guest has arrived in our city."

"A highly intelligent, extremely cruel, and perverse chemist who intensely enjoys this art of death."